This is the distinction between state-owned and private enterprises.

Although the current situation of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce is included in the name of the internal treasury, it actually still falls under the scope of Zhu Ying's personal operations.

It sounds like there is no difference.

After all, the Ming Dynasty belonged to Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang, grandfather and grandson, so this group of British merchants would just be transferring money from the left hand to the right hand.

In fact, it is not the case.

Currently, all managers and shopkeepers in the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce do not belong to the Ming Dynasty official system, and their identity is still that of businessmen.

As of now, the status of a businessman is extremely lowly.

In just two years, even with Zhu Ying's many influences, it cannot be said that the status of businessmen has risen suddenly.

Perhaps the only place that has undergone such great changes is the capital. In some more remote areas, it is difficult to change the inherent ideas all at once.

It is precisely for this reason that all the merchants in the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce know that this is the property of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Even the most honest officials can resist the solicitation of people in this chamber of commerce?

Don’t you want to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince anymore?

Even many local officials who colluded with the members of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce took it for granted that they were acting in accordance with the wishes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Fundamentally speaking, ordinary officials cannot afford to offend the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Because of the different models, the interest entanglements within the Chamber of Commerce are more realistic. Whoever can make more money and earn more treasures for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have a higher status.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Everyone wants to climb up, especially in the Chamber of Commerce, which means not only more money but also higher power.

When facing such a behemoth as the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, if an official is offended, it is easy to pass the news directly to his superiors through some previous relationships.

Generally, they have to give face, and compared with local officials, the news from the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce is transmitted faster and they can be grasped in no time.

If you encounter a tough guy, it's easy. You can just make up some false accusations and get rid of his official hat.

Without an official position, you can do whatever you want to me.

Is this true? This is what Zhu Ying did before. Now Zhu Ying has become the crown prince, but the people below him haven't changed their temperament yet.

Then does being loyal to the emperor and patriotic conflict with my making money?

It seems not.

This has led to the fact that the old people who initially followed Zhu Ying have now become the cancer of the Chamber of Commerce.

There seems to be an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

That's right.

Zhu Yuanzhang also experienced such a thing.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the heroes and generals who helped conquer the world were similar to the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of this, so when the first report concerning his eldest grandson came from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he realized that he had walked the same path and that his eldest grandson might have to follow it.

Fortunately, it was the Jinyiwei. If it was an ordinary person, there would be no way that this news could have reached Zhu Yuanzhang.

The Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce is committed to the development of intelligence and has a very detailed grasp of various situations in various places. The only missing link is the Jinyiwei.

After Zhu Yuanzhang learned about this situation, he did not tell his eldest grandson directly.

Instead, he secretly issued an edict, asking the Royal Guards to collect more evidence about the crimes of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

This does not mean that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to overthrow the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce. From the perspective of overall interests, the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce is an extremely important part of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the previous business was destroyed by the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang hated some unscrupulous businessmen, the development of the commercial economy in the Ming Dynasty has always been greatly limited.

There is also the agricultural factor. The newly established Ming Dynasty needed more stability for refugees, food needs, and agricultural recovery, rather than relying on speculative businessmen.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a very thorough understanding of these things. The revival of Ming Dynasty's commerce was also based on high-yield crops.

If there were no high-yield crops to protect the entire Ming Dynasty, whether it was conquering Japan or developing commerce, it would definitely be banned by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, no matter how life changes, food is the prerequisite for everything.

The secret investigation by the Embroidered Uniform Guard had nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang's attempt to get his eldest grandson.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that his eldest grandson would not be able to make some decisions because of friendship issues, so the more information he collected on cases, the better. This would make his eldest grandson determined to carry out drastic reforms and investigations of the entire Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

"There have been some changes in our eldest grandson in the past two days."

Beside Xuanwu Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding the fishing rod leisurely. The spring sunshine shining on his body was very comfortable and warm, and he felt like sleeping.

Liu He, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, heard the question and quickly replied, "Your Majesty, yesterday, His Royal Highness summoned Zhang Bo from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to Kunning Palace for questioning for half an hour, and there has been no further movement since then."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly: "Today."

Liu He replied, "After the morning court session today, His Royal Highness returned to Kunning Palace. There was no sound until His Majesty came out."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It seems that my eldest grandson is going to do something big. He is so patient and has some of our style in the past."

"This group of British Chambers of Commerce is really beyond our expectations. It has only been a few years, just over two years, and they have developed to such a level in a short time."

"This is even more brutal than when we conquered the world. It's like a hurricane. It only took two years to quickly sweep across the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Even if it's the Great Ming, or even those small countries outside, all of them have spread there. This feeling is just like when we first saw the White Lotus Sect. Anyone who comes into contact with it will be bewitched by it in an instant."

"Two years, but only two years. Just from what we have found out, millions of treasure notes have been lost. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If we really count the entire Chamber of Commerce, wouldn't it be tens of millions?"

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone began to become sad.

Tens of millions of precious banknotes.

This is completely different from printing your own banknotes. It is the money that is legitimately earned, but was embezzled and pocketed by others.

The only comparable case is the Guo Heng case in the 18th year of Hongwu.

In total, there were more than 24 million shi of grain.

But compared with the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, it is nothing.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, this case of the Heroes Chamber of Commerce is probably much more serious than the Guo Heng case.

This is just the amount of money calculated. For example, if someone tampered with the large-scale cargo handling of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, the amount would be as much as in the Guo Heng case.

The most crucial thing is that the more than 20 million stones in the Guo Heng case were not accumulated in one or two years, but over a period of more than ten years.

A large number of top officials are involved.

The hidden dangers of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce are more difficult to define than before.

"It all depends on what our eldest grandson is going to do."

As for the current situation, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the only option was to carry out a thorough overhaul from top to bottom, which might bring about great changes to the economy of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation, a large number of people would naturally have to be executed before this matter could be concluded.

However, when Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the Qianqing Palace after fishing, Zhu Ying had been waiting there for a long time.

"What's wrong, Grandson, can't make up your mind, or does he want us to be the bad guy?"

After changing clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Executing so many people at once would give people the impression of a tyrant, even if it was done fairly in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang thought that his eldest grandson did not want to bear this reputation.

It doesn't matter to me. I have spent most of my life killing, so killing one more batch won't make any difference.

Zhu Ying smiled bitterly.

He knew that with the old man, the problem was basically solved simply and roughly.

Anyway, anyone who dares to invade will be executed.

No matter how many there are, we will kill them all, and we will never waver because of the large number of people.

Zhu Ying then took out a written memorial from his bosom, handed it to the old man and said, "This is some of my grandson's thoughts and ideas about the current Chamber of Commerce. If there are any shortcomings, please correct me and fill in the gaps."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial. He knew that this was probably the solution that his eldest grandson had come up with.

Open it and take a look.

Written on the top was "On the nationalization of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce".

Seeing this line of words, Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously looked up at his eldest grandson.

He didn't expect that at this time, Da Sun's solution was to incorporate the entire Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce into the court.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang read the contents carefully.

The content is not complicated. In fact, it is to completely integrate the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce into the Ming system according to the model of a post station.

In terms of position, he is a clerk, not an official.

The huge Qunying Chamber of Commerce will be renamed the Daming Chamber of Commerce, and each section in the chamber of commerce will be divided separately, instead of the current unified management model.

Establish local state-owned assets management departments based on your county.

The State-owned Assets Management Department is an official unit that is responsible for the management of the local county's state-owned assets, which is now the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Its main responsibility is to supervise all local assets belonging to the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, and undertake a series of tasks such as guidance, promotion, system establishment, etc.

It is also mainly responsible for tax collection and ensuring that the taxes are paid into the imperial treasury.

Personnel appointments, assessments, promotions, etc. within the industry.

The State-owned Assets Management Department is not a separate system, but is vertically managed and under the jurisdiction of the local county magistrate.

This is equivalent to cutting and dividing all the plates currently owned by the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce in the Ming Dynasty.

When this set of reforms is implemented, the huge Qunying Chamber of Commerce will be torn apart.

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent for a long time.

He asked, "Sun Da, you are putting the entire Chamber of Commerce under the Ming officials. With such huge profits being managed by those officials, aren't you afraid that they will take some of it?"

Zhu Ying sighed and said, "My grandson naturally understands this truth, but the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce has already exceeded my expectations."

"This plate is too big, and all of them are doing business in it. If we really want to investigate, there are too many people involved."

"I thought about it and realized there was no place to start."

"Even if an order is issued, the people below will rely on various connections and perhaps come up with some scapegoats to take the blame."

"No matter how many people are killed, the root cause cannot be eradicated and the same situation will occur again in the future."

"The root cause is that these powerless managers and shopkeepers now have too much invisible power in their hands. They even control the appointment and dismissal of officials."

"If this continues for a long time, once someone with both ability and ambition appears, he may use the platform of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce to reach a situation that is difficult to control, or even endanger the entire Ming Dynasty and cause great turmoil."

"If we break it down into smaller pieces and completely disperse it, and let the county magistrate control it, that would be the best solution at the moment."

"In the future, the county magistrate's achievements will also have to include local economic development and tax payments."

“There is no need to be afraid of corruption. No matter how large the scope is, it will be confined to one county, rather than spreading so widely as it is today.”

This was a solution Zhu Ying had thought of a long time ago.

Naturally, it was with the help of memories from past lives that one could come up with such a strategy to solve the problem.

It cannot be said that it has been completely solved. Things like corruption have existed since ancient times, and even in later generations, and it is impossible to completely avoid it.

All we can say is to try to reduce the losses to the minimum possible.

After listening to this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and finally nodded slightly.

He smiled and said, "Grandson, you are really willing to do so. Such a big guild is disbanded without any hesitation. If it were me, I would really be reluctant to do so."

"This change is equivalent to Da Sun cutting off his own arm."

"But the method you proposed now is still good in my opinion. It is okay to put it under the command of the county magistrate."

"Now that the military power in the hands of the county magistrate has been divided up by the Public Security Bureau, if we divide the Chamber of Commerce among them, we won't be afraid that they will go too far."

"The ambitious people that Da Sun just mentioned are probably worried that if the Qunying Chamber of Commerce continues to develop as it is now, another owner will emerge."

Hearing the old man's teasing, Zhu Ying smiled bitterly and nodded.

He was really afraid that the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce would really have another owner.

This possibility is not impossible if the Chamber of Commerce is not disbanded, and it is even very likely.

Of course, Zhu Ying could not see the emergence of this boss. As long as Zhu Ying was there, the Chamber of Commerce would not have any problems with loyalty.

But what if Zhu Ying is no longer around? Can the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty curb such a huge chamber of commerce power?

Sitting in this position, Zhu Ying can now especially understand why Zhu Yuanzhang in history wanted to kill Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu and other meritorious generals.

Mainly because I was too worried.

If he worries about his descendants and instead they are controlled by them, then can this Ming Dynasty still be the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family?